Kegotank Elementary

Kegotank Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Mappsville, Virginia, part of Accomack County Public Schools, with 501 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Kegotank Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Accomack County Public Schools, a district that educates 4,623 students overall.

On demographics, Kegotank Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 28% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kegotank Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.4%; actual is 41.5%, a gap of -19.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Accomack County) shows that median household earnings sit near $58,993, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Accomack County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,623 students), Kegotank Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Arcadia Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kegotank Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.6%.

Kegotank Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Kegotank Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 583 (now 501). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 40% to 28%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.